It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
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We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.
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Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
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Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
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